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Before you start trouble shooting make sure you have the minimum requirement for Windows Me

 

Device drivers for Windows Me  (Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition )

Check http://www.windrivers.com and most driver updates may be posted or links available there.
Also try  http://56k.com for help and trouble shooting.

Keyboards Some keyboards with Wakeup and Sleep buttons may cause problems with Windows Me. We have noticed that with Mitsubishi Diamond touch series and some other non brand name keyboards. If you experience blue screens try a plain old Win95 keyboard.

 

Sound card drivers. Do not install your sound card drivers from Windows 98 or other version as it may conflict with Windows Me . If you are doing a fresh install it will recognise most sound cards by default.

Modem drivers.  There is not much Modem drivers in Windows Me.   If you have a software modem,  HSP modem, Win modem or HCF type modems you may have to wait for the manufacturer drivers

Vet Antivirus software Windows Millennium Edition users only.

Users of Windows ME (Millennium Edition) should be aware of a problem where infected floppy disks may be damaged by the "Resident" or "Real Time" components of Vet.

This problem applies only to Windows ME and we will provide a fix as soon as possible. There is no problem while scanning floppy disks with the "On-demand" scanner.

To avoid the problem, we recommend Windows ME users configure Vet as follows:

1. Select the "Options" menu in Vet and then select "Resident Protection"

2. Click on the "Floppy Boot Sectors" tab

3. Make sure the "Replace any boot sector considered bad" option is DISABLED

You will still be able to detect a boot sector virus on a floppy disk with the Resident Protection, but in the event you find a virus, you should only clean it with the On-demand scanner.

 

USB devices  Windows Millennium Edition may put your devices into 'Other device' category without prompting you for a driver.  For example when you plug a USB scanner it may not prompt you to install the drivers.